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Digital Cultural Education

Culture and education are inextricably linked. During the school period, children often consciously encounter cultural offerings for the first time. The creators of cultural educational material are therefore often the first line to the audience of the future. How do you seize this opportunity to engage new audiences? Make digital cultural education part of your digital transformation strategy! Discover here how to approach this.

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What is digital cultural education?

Cultural education is as old as the road to Rome, but new generations crave new things. Today's students grow up with digital technologies and smart devices that they increasingly bring into the classroom. As a cultural educator, you can respond to this by making digital a part of your educational offerings. This way, you connect with the world of your target audience and seize opportunities to keep them engaged with your organization. Think, for example, of digital guest lessons, apps for smartboards, or podwalks that teachers can undertake with their class.

The link between young audiences and your cultural organization

As an educator, you are the link in the digital transformation of the entire organization. Inspire your colleagues and share your knowledge about the audience of the future. Read on and become the digital leader of your organization.
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Getting young people excited about art and culture? V&A Mused succeeded.

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Tangible Digital: What Screenless Technology Can Mean for the Experience of Cultural Visitors

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The Intersection of Digital Cultural Education and Citizenship Education

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Why education is the path to digital transformation

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Inspiring examples from practice

You naturally want your educational offerings to align with classroom needs. But how do you do that digitally? If your offerings match the digital world of students, you turn today's youth into tomorrow's visitors.
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Five times inspiring, digital, in-school and out-of-school cultural offerings

  • Digital Cultural Education
  • Practical example
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House of Poems engages students in their own language: digital

  • Digital Cultural Education
  • Practical example
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From Monument to VR: Sint Eustatius Reinvents Heritage Experience

  • Digital Transformation
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Digital Cultural Education in Five Steps

  • Digital Cultural Education
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Online and offline learning at the National Archive

  • Digital Cultural Education
  • Practical example
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How museums create interactive digital lessons with LessonUp

  • Digital Cultural Education
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Directly deployable culture snacks for primary schools, secondary education, and care institutions

  • Digital Cultural Education
  • Practical example
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Interactive Lesson Package Any1: WWII from Multiple Perspectives

  • Digital Cultural Education
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5 Steps to Digital Offerings

With digital cultural education for schools, you engage young people even more with culture. With offerings that align with the curriculum and the online world of new generations, you have a golden opportunity. Today's youth are tomorrow's cultural audience. Learn in four steps how to develop good digital educational material.

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